[World] At least 23 killed in Riyadh fuel truck blast

At least 23 killed in Riyadh fuel truck blast
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Nov-01/193476-riyadh-industrial-building-hit-by-explosion.ashx
RIYADH: At least 23 people were killed when a fuel truck crashed into a flyover in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Thursday, triggering an explosion that brought down an industrial building and set fire to nearby vehicles.

Insight: Putin's Russia - more fragile than it looks
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/crane-flight-didn-t-injure-vladimir-putin-spokesman-287106
1 of 6. Workers attach a pre-election poster featuring then Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, appealing to people to vote for the United Russia political party, onto an office building in the southern city of Krasnodar ...

Syria rebels kill 78 soldiers, attack checkpoints
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/01/syria-rebels-fear-foreign-jihadis
By BARBARA SURK, Associated Press - 1 minute ago. BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels killed 78 soldiers on Thursday, about half of them in attacks on military checkpoints in the north just hours after a wave of bombings hit the Damascus area, activists said.

Attorney: Greek journalist who printed Swiss bank list acquitted
http://www.smh.com.au/world/greek-editor-arrested-after-publishing-list-of-alleged-tax-evaders-20121029-28fpn.html
NEW: Kostas Vaxevanis has been acquitted of violating Greece's data protection law; His magazine published a list of names of about 2,000 Greeks with Swiss bank accounts; Authorities face questions over why there has been no probe of possible tax ...

Market jitters tame Kuwaiti appetites
http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/markets/market-jitters-tame-kuwaiti-appetites
Kuwait's stock market fell yesterday, after a fresh spate of protests the previous day cut investor appetite for riskier assets.

Greek stocks fall 5% on debt talk concerns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20173978
The Greek stock market has fallen 5% on concerns that talks between Athens and its rescue lenders are not progressing as smoothly as hoped.

Shirani Bandaranayake: Sri Lanka MPs' impeachment bid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20164304
Sri Lankan governing party MPs have begun moves to impeach Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. A parliamentary motion to impeach Ms Bandaranayake was submitted on Thursday, officials say.

Christopher Tappin pleads guilty over weapons charges
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20164725
A retired businessman from south-east London has pleaded guilty in a US court to selling parts for surface-to-air missiles to Iran.

Palestinian president vows no new armed uprising
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Nov-01/193568-abbas-hints-has-no-right-of-return-to-home-in-israel.ashx
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Palestinian president is reaching out to Israelis ahead of a trip to the U.N. where he will seek an upgraded observer status for his territory.